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Unconfirmed: Polygon: The Layer 2 Solution Doing 8 Times as Many Transactions a Day as Ethereum - Ep.247
About this episode
Jaynti Kanani, cofounder and CEO of Polygon, discusses why the layer 2 solution has seen so much success during a down crypto market. Show highlights:
what factors have led to Polygon’s and MATIC's impressive performance YTD
how Polygon is scaling Ethereum
what types of projects are taking off on Polygon
how Polygon is attempting to address the issue of layer 2 composability
how Polygon plans to use its latest funding
why Jaynti is confident Polygon will still be necessary after ETH 2.0 launches
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Episode Links
Jaynti Kanani
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_jdkanani
Polygon
Website: https://polygon.technology/
Overview:
https://www.theblockresearch.com/polygon-a-technical-overview-105799
https://www.theblockresearch.com/mapping-out-polygons-ecosystem-105540
Popularity:
https://www.coindesk.com/defi-projects-continue-flocking-to-layer-2-solution-polygon
https://www.coindesk.com/institutional-investors-have-arrived-on-polygon-amid-rising-ethereum-layer-2-demand-blockchain-data
https://www.coindesk.com/polygons-matic-token-ended-may-up-120-despite-bitcoins-price-crash
Investments:
https://www.coindesk.com/au21-capital-opens-polygon-fund
https://www.coindesk.com/mark-cuban-invests-in-ethereum-layer-2-polygon
Miscellaneous:
https://www.coindesk.com/okcoin-integrates-polygon-reduce-users-ethereum-gas-fees
https://polygon.technology/lightpaper-polygon.pdf
https://www.coindesk.com/kyber-network-announces-polygon-integration-and-liquidity-mining-program
https://defiwatch.net/second-letter-to-polygon/
https://www.coindesk.com/google-cloud-now-provides-blockchain-insights-for-polygon-network
https://www.coindesk.com/decentralized-exchange-aggregator-1inch-network-expands-to-polygon
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